[Oe List ...] Hands Off Our Democracy (a Ghazal for You)

[ML Jones]

Outstanding!  Thank you All!
Mary Laura Jones
Grants Resource Development Consultant
53599 Pulver Road
Three Rivers, MI 49093
cell: 773 636-2022
mljones2022 at gmail.com


On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Thanks Milan (and Catherine)--have forwarded this to others!
> Ellie [image: Emoji][image: Emoji]
> elliestock at aol.com
>
> On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 02:05:47 PM EDT, Milan Hamilton via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
>
> Catherine Welch is responsible for this. She replied to my poem with "this
> needs music to go with it. So I went to one of my collaborators and tried
> to find a vibe that would give it a steady yet unconventional beat. The
> ghazal's incessant repetition of certain words or phrases and rhyme scheme
> built into the couplets seemed to emphasize to me the importance of being
> faithful to our constitution and yet have the rest of the lines go in
> different directions. While it is addressed to the main co-conspirators of
> destruction, maybe it will also complement our impetus to action as we seek
> "A Path Forward."
> (I hope it's ok I included the pictures you all posted, as well as some
> from the hundreds of places joining in the April 5th event-I'm sending it
> as a Google Drive link as well as a link to my YouTube channel))
>
> https://youtu.be/q1uybXFUHVI
>  Hands Off Our Democracy.mp4
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRNDML-q7qor2Gmw3oHJsXuF8YEX9Chk/view?usp=drive_web>
>  Hands Off Our Democracy.mp4
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRNDML-q7qor2Gmw3oHJsXuF8YEX9Chk/view?usp=drive_web>
>
>
> Mellow Milan Hamilton
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> Redlands, CA 92373
> Phone: (909) 943-1667
> email: mellowmilan2 at gmail.com
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